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Dinner With Friends (2001)

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Directed by Norman Jewison Produced by Patrick Markey Written by Donald Margulies (play/teleplay) Dennis Quaid  as Gabe Andie MacDowell  as Karen Greg Kinnear  as Tom Toni Collette  as Beth I cannot criticise this story ever.  It has claimed many awards and the actors are very talented.  They are very believable.  It is Rated-R for language, but the scenes are almost wholesome if this were a silent movie. The emotions are real.  Gabe and Karen don't really need Tom and Beth in their lives, but they love them, so they worry about them. Dennis is Gabe and Gabe is Dennis.  Andie is Karen and Karen is Andie. What about Greg Kinnear?  Did he portray Tom like it was suited for him like a T?  Well, yes!  I wanted to throw my shoes at him.  Yes.  He played the role of an a-hole so well that you would think he's like that in real life. What about Toni Collette?  She's perfect for the ...

Triple X: The Return of Xander Cage

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(Source Paramount Pictures) Vin Diesel, Ruby Rose, Deepika Padukone, Nina Dobrev and Donnie Yen ( source ) Note to future audience:  Please don't overthink and just enjoy the movie.  Even if this is an action film that is violent and is somehow trying to emulate James Bond, this movie is meant to make us laugh and smile, OK? Plus, the BiSki exists.  If you are not aware of the technology, shut up! An article stated, rather, asked, that if one knew of the abilities of the gadget and one just stole it, how would the other one know of the features? I think you will get the answer much later on the film.  Whoever asked that question only based it on the trailer.  Just have fun, OK?  💃💃💃 👷👷👷👷👷 I like Vin Diesel(Just like I watch F&F series because of his co-stars---except for The Pacifier---I watched that because of him), but I watched this movie because of Nina Dobrev, Ruby Rose, Deepika Padukone, Kris Wu and Donnie Ye...

The Sixth Sense(1999) and The Others (2001) both PG 13

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Warning: For those who have not seen these two movies and are intending to, there are spoiler alerts.  No worries, if ever you do watch these movies in the future, you would still be surprised with a lot of scenes. These two movies have one thing in common.  The main protagonists don't know they are dead.  When my time would come, I hope I would know the difference.  :-p I watched the THE SIXTH SENSE around five(5) times already since it was shown in 1999.  I only watched it two times in full and the other two times just partially on TV.   I am not a fan of horror films, but this is somehow one of the exceptions.  As much as possible I stay away from that genre.   When I watched this for the first time, I knew Malcom was dead before he realized it.  Maybe not as early as Cole.  Even before I noticed that Malcolm didn't have reflection when Cole was staring at the doorknob at Kyra's house, Cole was already saying that som...